@SomebodyWhoLovesYou_fan_club: "Discerning the Trends
The Prophecy of C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis was born on this date in 1898, and forty-one years after his
death, one thing has become startlingly clear: This Oxford don was not
only a keen apologist but also a true prophet for our postmodern age.
For example, Lewis's 1947 book, Miracles, was penned before most
Christians were aware of the emerging philosophy of naturalism. This is
the belief that there is a naturalistic explanation for everything in the
universe.
Naturalism undercuts any objective morality, opening the door to tyranny.
In his book The Abolition of Man, Lewis warned that naturalism turns
humans into objects to be controlled. It turns values into "mere natural
phenomena"  which can be selected and inculcated into a passive
population by powerful Conditioners. Lewis predicted a time when those who
want to remold human nature "will be armed with the powers of an
omnicompetent state and an irresistible scientific technique." Sounds like
the biotech debate today, doesn't it?
Why was Lewis so uncannily prophetic? At first glance he seems an unlikely
candidate. He was not a theologian; he was an English professor. What was
it that made him such a keen observer of cultural and intellectual trends?
The answer may be somewhat discomfiting to modern evangelicals: One reason
is precisely that Lewis was not an evangelical. He was a professor in the
academy, with a specialty in medieval literature, which gave him a mental
framework shaped by the whole scope of intellectual history and Christian
thought. As a result, he was liberated from the narrow confines of the
religious views of the day  which meant he was able to analyze and
critique them.
Lewis once wrote than any new book "has to be tested against the great
body of Christian thought down the ages." Because he himself was steeped
in that "great body of Christian thought," he quickly discerned trends
that ran counter to it.
But how many of us are familiar with that same panorama of Christian ideas
"down the ages"? How many of us know the work of more than a few
contemporary writers? How, then, can we stand against the destructive
intellectual trends multiplying in our own day?
The problem is not that modern evangelicals are less intelligent than
Lewis. As Mark Noll explains in his book The Scandal of the Evangelical
Mind, the problem is that our sharpest intellects have been channeled into
biblical scholarship, exegesis, and hermeneutics. While that is a vital
enterprise, we rarely give the same scholarly attention to history,
literature, politics, philosophy, economics, or the arts. As a result, we
are less aware of the culture than we should be, less equipped to defend a
biblical worldview, and less capable of being a redemptive force in our
postmodern society  less aware, as well, of the threats headed our way
from cultural elites.
You and I need to follow Lewis's lead. We must liberate ourselves from the
prison of our own narrow perspective and immerse ourselves in Christian
ideas "down the ages." Only then can we critique our culture and trace the
trends.
The best way to celebrate Lewis's birthday is to be at our posts, as he
liked to say  with renewed spirits and with probing and informed minds.
For further reading and information:
C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (Touchstone, 1996 version).
C. S. Lewis, Miracles (HarperSanFrancisco, 2001 version).
C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man (HarperSanFrancisco, 2001 version).
Charles Colson, "The Oxford Prophet," Christianity Today, 15 June 1998.
Charles Colson, "Cultural Prophecy: Lewis learned from the greats,"
Boundless, 25 August 1998.
Charles Colson, "C. S. Lewis: Prophet of the Twentieth Century,"
Wilberforce Forum.
James Tonkowich, M. Div., "In Praise of Old Books," BreakPoint WorldView,
March 2004.
BreakPoint Commentary No. 040412, "Everything Old Is New Again: C. S.
Lewis and the Argument from Reason."
BreakPoint Commentary No. 031121, "Three Died That Day: Reflections on
November 22, 1963."
Dr. Armand Nicholi, The Question of God: C. S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud
Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life (Free Press, 2002).
Mark A. Noll, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (Eerdmans, 1994).
Mark A. Noll, "The Evangelical Mind Today," First Things, October 2004."
    @calee: "On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:33:09 -0400, "Somebody Who Loves You" <Somebody
<quote>
Idiot.
[snip waste of bandwidth]"
    @wyrdology: "On Jun 24, 2:33 pm, "Somebody Who Loves You" <Somebody Who Loves
<quote>
I corrected your post for you, moron.
Lucifer the Unsubtle, EAC Librarian of Dark Tomes of Excessive Evil
and General Purpose Igor
The Anti-Theist, BAAWA Lowly Evilmeister and tamer of the Demon Duck
of Doom
Convicted by Earthquack
"Don't worry, I won't bite.......hard""
    @quoththeraven: "On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:33:09 -0400, "Somebody Who Loves You" <Somebody
<quote>
*cough*
Lewis died November 22, 1963, nearly 44 years ago. Do try to keep up.
LOL! While Lewis was a decent fantasy author, with a marvelous
imagination (albeit that even his best works are continually marred by
the ham-fisted Christian allegory he always felt the need to insert),
as a logician or theologian, he's simply appalling. His "serious"
works, such as "Mere Christianity" never miss the chance to fall into
an obvious and easily refuted logical fallacy at every turn, from the
"Lord/Liar/Lunatic" False Trilemma to the Argument from Morality. 
"O Sybilli, si ergo
Fortibus es in ero
O Nobili! Themis trux
Sivat sinem? Causen Dux""
    @lctaht: "On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:33:09 -0400, "Somebody Who Loves You" <Somebody
<quote>
Why don't you submit these prophecies to Weekly World News?"
    @stjnd_021: ""Lucifer" <email_address> wrote in message news:<email_address>
<quote>
Discerning the Trends
The Prophecy of C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis was born on this date in 1898, and forty-one years after his
death, one thing has become startlingly clear: This Oxford don was not
only a keen apologist but also a true prophet for our postmodern age.
For example, Lewis's 1947 book, Miracles, was penned before most
Christians were aware of the emerging philosophy of naturalism. This is
the belief that there is a naturalistic explanation for everything in the
universe.
Naturalism undercuts any objective morality, opening the door to tyranny.
In his book The Abolition of Man, Lewis warned that naturalism turns
humans into objects to be controlled. It turns values into "mere natural
phenomena"  which can be selected and inculcated into a passive
population by powerful Conditioners. Lewis predicted a time when those who
want to remold human nature "will be armed with the powers of an
omnicompetent state and an irresistible scientific technique." Sounds like
the biotech debate today, doesn't it?
Why was Lewis so uncannily prophetic? At first glance he seems an unlikely
candidate. He was not a theologian; he was an English professor. What was
it that made him such a keen observer of cultural and intellectual trends?
The answer may be somewhat discomfiting to modern evangelicals: One reason
is precisely that Lewis was not an evangelical. He was a professor in the
academy, with a specialty in medieval literature, which gave him a mental
framework shaped by the whole scope of intellectual history and Christian
thought. As a result, he was liberated from the narrow confines of the
religious views of the day  which meant he was able to analyze and
critique them.
Lewis once wrote than any new book "has to be tested against the great
body of Christian thought down the ages." Because he himself was steeped
in that "great body of Christian thought," he quickly discerned trends
that ran counter to it.
But how many of us are familiar with that same panorama of Christian ideas
"down the ages"? How many of us know the work of more than a few
contemporary writers? How, then, can we stand against the destructive
intellectual trends multiplying in our own day?
The problem is not that modern evangelicals are less intelligent than
Lewis. As Mark Noll explains in his book The Scandal of the Evangelical
Mind, the problem is that our sharpest intellects have been channeled into
biblical scholarship, exegesis, and hermeneutics. While that is a vital
enterprise, we rarely give the same scholarly attention to history,
literature, politics, philosophy, economics, or the arts. As a result, we
are less aware of the culture than we should be, less equipped to defend a
biblical worldview, and less capable of being a redemptive force in our
postmodern society  less aware, as well, of the threats headed our way
from cultural elites.
You and I need to follow Lewis's lead. We must liberate ourselves from the
prison of our own narrow perspective and immerse ourselves in Christian
ideas "down the ages." Only then can we critique our culture and trace the
trends.
The best way to celebrate Lewis's birthday is to be at our posts, as he
liked to say  with renewed spirits and with probing and informed minds.
For further reading and information:
C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (Touchstone, 1996 version).
C. S. Lewis, Miracles (HarperSanFrancisco, 2001 version).
C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man (HarperSanFrancisco, 2001 version).
Charles Colson, "The Oxford Prophet," Christianity Today, 15 June 1998.
Charles Colson, "Cultural Prophecy: Lewis learned from the greats,"
Boundless, 25 August 1998.
Charles Colson, "C. S. Lewis: Prophet of the Twentieth Century,"
Wilberforce Forum.
James Tonkowich, M. Div., "In Praise of Old Books," BreakPoint WorldView,
March 2004.
BreakPoint Commentary No. 040412, "Everything Old Is New Again: C. S.
Lewis and the Argument from Reason."
BreakPoint Commentary No. 031121, "Three Died That Day: Reflections on
November 22, 1963."
Dr. Armand Nicholi, The Question of God: C. S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud
Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life (Free Press, 2002).
Mark A. Noll, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (Eerdmans, 1994).
Mark A. Noll, "The Evangelical Mind Today," First Things, October 2004."
    @stjnd_021: ""Christopher A.Lee" <email_address> wrote in message news:<email_address>
[snip waste of bandwidth]
Discerning the Trends
The Prophecy of C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis was born on this date in 1898, and forty-one years after his
death, one thing has become startlingly clear: This Oxford don was not
only a keen apologist but also a true prophet for our postmodern age.
For example, Lewis's 1947 book, Miracles, was penned before most
Christians were aware of the emerging philosophy of naturalism. This is
the belief that there is a naturalistic explanation for everything in the
universe.
Naturalism undercuts any objective morality, opening the door to tyranny.
In his book The Abolition of Man, Lewis warned that naturalism turns
humans into objects to be controlled. It turns values into "mere natural
phenomena"  which can be selected and inculcated into a passive
population by powerful Conditioners. Lewis predicted a time when those who
want to remold human nature "will be armed with the powers of an
omnicompetent state and an irresistible scientific technique." Sounds like
the biotech debate today, doesn't it?
Why was Lewis so uncannily prophetic? At first glance he seems an unlikely
candidate. He was not a theologian; he was an English professor. What was
it that made him such a keen observer of cultural and intellectual trends?
The answer may be somewhat discomfiting to modern evangelicals: One reason
is precisely that Lewis was not an evangelical. He was a professor in the
academy, with a specialty in medieval literature, which gave him a mental
framework shaped by the whole scope of intellectual history and Christian
thought. As a result, he was liberated from the narrow confines of the
religious views of the day  which meant he was able to analyze and
critique them.
Lewis once wrote than any new book "has to be tested against the great
body of Christian thought down the ages." Because he himself was steeped
in that "great body of Christian thought," he quickly discerned trends
that ran counter to it.
But how many of us are familiar with that same panorama of Christian ideas
"down the ages"? How many of us know the work of more than a few
contemporary writers? How, then, can we stand against the destructive
intellectual trends multiplying in our own day?
The problem is not that modern evangelicals are less intelligent than
Lewis. As Mark Noll explains in his book The Scandal of the Evangelical
Mind, the problem is that our sharpest intellects have been channeled into
biblical scholarship, exegesis, and hermeneutics. While that is a vital
enterprise, we rarely give the same scholarly attention to history,
literature, politics, philosophy, economics, or the arts. As a result, we
are less aware of the culture than we should be, less equipped to defend a
biblical worldview, and less capable of being a redemptive force in our
postmodern society  less aware, as well, of the threats headed our way
from cultural elites.
You and I need to follow Lewis's lead. We must liberate ourselves from the
prison of our own narrow perspective and immerse ourselves in Christian
ideas "down the ages." Only then can we critique our culture and trace the
trends.
The best way to celebrate Lewis's birthday is to be at our posts, as he
liked to say  with renewed spirits and with probing and informed minds.
For further reading and information:
C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (Touchstone, 1996 version).
C. S. Lewis, Miracles (HarperSanFrancisco, 2001 version).
C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man (HarperSanFrancisco, 2001 version).
Charles Colson, "The Oxford Prophet," Christianity Today, 15 June 1998.
Charles Colson, "Cultural Prophecy: Lewis learned from the greats,"
Boundless, 25 August 1998.
Charles Colson, "C. S. Lewis: Prophet of the Twentieth Century,"
Wilberforce Forum.
James Tonkowich, M. Div., "In Praise of Old Books," BreakPoint WorldView,
March 2004.
BreakPoint Commentary No. 040412, "Everything Old Is New Again: C. S.
Lewis and the Argument from Reason."
BreakPoint Commentary No. 031121, "Three Died That Day: Reflections on
November 22, 1963."
Dr. Armand Nicholi, The Question of God: C. S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud
Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life (Free Press, 2002).
Mark A. Noll, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (Eerdmans, 1994).
Mark A. Noll, "The Evangelical Mind Today," First Things, October 2004."
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<quote>
Discerning the Trends
The Prophecy of C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis was born on this date in 1898, and forty-one years after his
death, one thing has become startlingly clear: This Oxford don was not
only a keen apologist but also a true prophet for our postmodern age.
For example, Lewis's 1947 book, Miracles, was penned before most
Christians were aware of the emerging philosophy of naturalism. This is
the belief that there is a naturalistic explanation for everything in the
universe.
Naturalism undercuts any objective morality, opening the door to tyranny.
In his book The Abolition of Man, Lewis warned that naturalism turns
humans into objects to be controlled. It turns values into "mere natural
phenomena"  which can be selected and inculcated into a passive
population by powerful Conditioners. Lewis predicted a time when those who
want to remold human nature "will be armed with the powers of an
omnicompetent state and an irresistible scientific technique." Sounds like
the biotech debate today, doesn't it?
Why was Lewis so uncannily prophetic? At first glance he seems an unlikely
candidate. He was not a theologian; he was an English professor. What was
it that made him such a keen observer of cultural and intellectual trends?
The answer may be somewhat discomfiting to modern evangelicals: One reason
is precisely that Lewis was not an evangelical. He was a professor in the
academy, with a specialty in medieval literature, which gave him a mental
framework shaped by the whole scope of intellectual history and Christian
thought. As a result, he was liberated from the narrow confines of the
religious views of the day  which meant he was able to analyze and
critique them.
Lewis once wrote than any new book "has to be tested against the great
body of Christian thought down the ages." Because he himself was steeped
in that "great body of Christian thought," he quickly discerned trends
that ran counter to it.
But how many of us are familiar with that same panorama of Christian ideas
"down the ages"? How many of us know the work of more than a few
contemporary writers? How, then, can we stand against the destructive
intellectual trends multiplying in our own day?
The problem is not that modern evangelicals are less intelligent than
Lewis. As Mark Noll explains in his book The Scandal of the Evangelical
Mind, the problem is that our sharpest intellects have been channeled into
biblical scholarship, exegesis, and hermeneutics. While that is a vital
enterprise, we rarely give the same scholarly attention to history,
literature, politics, philosophy, economics, or the arts. As a result, we
are less aware of the culture than we should be, less equipped to defend a
biblical worldview, and less capable of being a redemptive force in our
postmodern society  less aware, as well, of the threats headed our way
from cultural elites.
You and I need to follow Lewis's lead. We must liberate ourselves from the
prison of our own narrow perspective and immerse ourselves in Christian
ideas "down the ages." Only then can we critique our culture and trace the
trends.
The best way to celebrate Lewis's birthday is to be at our posts, as he
liked to say  with renewed spirits and with probing and informed minds.
For further reading and information:
C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (Touchstone, 1996 version).
C. S. Lewis, Miracles (HarperSanFrancisco, 2001 version).
C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man (HarperSanFrancisco, 2001 version).
Charles Colson, "The Oxford Prophet," Christianity Today, 15 June 1998.
Charles Colson, "Cultural Prophecy: Lewis learned from the greats,"
Boundless, 25 August 1998.
Charles Colson, "C. S. Lewis: Prophet of the Twentieth Century,"
Wilberforce Forum.
James Tonkowich, M. Div., "In Praise of Old Books," BreakPoint WorldView,
March 2004.
BreakPoint Commentary No. 040412, "Everything Old Is New Again: C. S.
Lewis and the Argument from Reason."
BreakPoint Commentary No. 031121, "Three Died That Day: Reflections on
November 22, 1963."
Dr. Armand Nicholi, The Question of God: C. S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud
Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life (Free Press, 2002).
Mark A. Noll, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (Eerdmans, 1994).
Mark A. Noll, "The Evangelical Mind Today," First Things, October 2004.
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    @pdwright42: "On Jun 24, 11:49 pm, "St. Jack NopetheDopeofapes"
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Look, fool-boy, you don't need to repost your whole article with each
posting, on the off-chance that someone who didn't read it the first
time will suddenly find himself inspired to read it that time.
If I skipped it the first time, I'll sure as hell skip it no matter
how many times it's posted.
PDW, wasting his time, yeah.."
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Compelling evidence for a created universe... intriguing evidence
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We are bombarded by dogmatic claims that the earth is billions of
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